Halocyclobutyl substituted organosilicon compounds



Unitfi S e L O HALOCYCLOBUTYL SUBSTITUTED ORGANO- SILICON COMPOUNDS PaulTarrant, Gainesville, -Fla., assignor, by mesne assignments, to DowCorning Corporation, Midland, Mich., a corporation of Michigan NoDrawing. Application July 16, 1958 Serial N0. 748,815

9 Claims. (Cl. 260-4482) where R is a monovalent hydrocarbon radicalfree of aliphatic unsaturation, Y is selected from the group consistingof Cl and Br atoms and OR radicals where R is selected from the groupconsisting of alkyl and aryl radicals, x is an integer of from 1 to 2inclusive and y is an integer of from to 3 inclusive.

The polymers of this invention include both homopolymers and copolymers.They are prepared by the hydrolysis and condensation or cohydrolysis andcocondensation of one or more of those of the above-defined monomerswhich contain at least one Y radical, or by cohydrolysis andcocondensation of such monomers with other conventional hydrolyzableorganosilanes. Thus the polymers include those in which the polymericunits consist essentially of units of the formula where R and x are asabove defined, z is from 0 to 2 inclusive, and the sum of x and z is notgreater than 3, and copolymers of the above-defined polymeric units inwhich any remaining polymeric units consist essentially of units of theformula where R is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical or a chlorinated orbrominated derivative thereof and n is an integer of from 1 to 3inclusive. Preferably any such copolymer contains at least 0.1 molarpercent of the former units.

The monomers of this invention wherein Y is C1 or Br are best preparedby reacting the olefin 010 F0 F F20 FOH=OH2 with a silane of the formulaR H SiX where R, y and x areas above-defined, and X is C1 or Br.reaction is best carried out at a temperature of from 150 to 300 C. Itcan be carried out in either the presence or absence of a catalyst. Thepreferred catalysts for the reaction are chloroplatinic acid andplatinum deposited on charcoal, Any or all of the X radicals incompounds prepared inthis manner can be replaced by R groups by reactingtheadduct with a Grignard reagent, e.g. RMgCl.

For the purpose of this invention R can be any monovalent hydrocarbonradical free of aliphatic unsaturation. Illustrative examples ofsuitable radicals include alkyl radicals such as methyl, ethyl,isopropyl and octadecyl; aryl radicals such as phenyl, xenyl andnaphthyl; alkaryl radicals such as xylyl and tolyl; aralkyl radicalssuch as benzyl; and cycloaliphatic radicals such as cyclohexyl. Thus,the silane reactants used herein include the compounds RHSiCl RHSiBr RHSiCl, RH SiCI, R SiH R SiH, HSiCl HSiBr and H SiCl where each R is anyof the above illustrative radicals and can be the same or difierentradicals on each Si atom.

The compounds in which Y is the OR radical can be prepared by reactingthe chloroor bromosilane product from the above-described reaction withthe corresponding carbon atoms. The sodium derivative of methanol,ethanol, and phenol are preferred.

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The organosiloxanes of this invention can be prepared by the hydrolysisand condensation of any of the abovedescribed monomeric silane productswhich contain at least one Y radical. Copolymers can be prepared by thecohydrolysis and cocondensation of any two or more of these monomericproducts, or by the cohydrolysis and cocondensation of any one or moreof such monomers with conventional organosilanes such as those of theformula R",,SiCl where R" and n are as described above. Examples ofsuitable R" radicals include all of the illustrative radicals describedabove in regard to the R radicals, as well as radicals containingaliphatic unsaturation such as vinyl, allyl, propargyl, andcyclohexenyl. R" can also be any of the chlorinated or brominatedderivatives of the previously described illustrative radicals.Particularly preferred examples of such radicals are chlorophenyl,dichlorophenyl, bromophenyl and dibromophenyl radicals.

The hydrolysis and condensation techniques used in preparing theorganosiloxanes of this invention are those which are well known in thehydrolysis of conventional organosilanes. If desired, the hydrolysis canbe carried out in the presence of inert solvents such as ether, toluene,xylene or other hydrocarbons. The polymers and copolymers can of coursecontain small amounts of uncondensed silicon-bonded OH groups and/orunhydrolyzed Y' radicals, as is conventional in silicone polymers.

The olefin used in the preparation of the defined coma pounds can itselfbe prepared in the following manner: The compounds CF =CFCH CH Br and CF=CFCl in approximately equimolar proportions are heated at about 200, C.for 17 hours. The reaction product is washed with water, dried, anddistilled to yield the compound as a fraction boiling at about to C. Thelatter compound is then dehydrobrominated by adding thereto an equimolaramount of KOH in the form of a solution in 95% ethanol. The reactionmass is filtered to remove precipitated KBr and the filtrate heated atreflux for 0.5 hour, then the ethanol removed by distillation. The massis then washed with water and the non-aqueous layer is dried andfractionated to give the desired compound v B.P. 83 C., 71 1.3468, d1.4206.

The monomeric silanes of this invention which contain Y radicals areuseful for rendering materials such as ceramics, masonry and textileswater repellent. The monomers containing no Y radicals can be used aslubricants,hydraulicffluids, or as additives to organosiloxane fluids toimprove the properties of the latter. The organosiloxanes of thisinvention are useful as solvent resistant resins and rubbers. In thepreparation of rubbery materials from such organosiloxanes, conventionalfillers such as silica, and conventional vulcanizing agents may he used.

The following examples are illustrative only. All parts are parts byweight unless otherwise specified. The symbols E-t,Me and Ph are used torepresent ethyl, methyl and phenyl radicals respectively.

Example 1 An autoclave was charged with 89 parts 010 F no moron=om 215parts'MeHSiCl and 0.S part of a-catalyst-consisting of platinumdeposited-on powdered charcoal. The mixture was agitated and heated for12 hours at 200C. The reaction mass was fractionated to provide theproduct 010 F0 F20 F F CHzCHgSlMeCla B.P. 180 to 182 C., n 1.3909.

"Example2 When the product of Example 1 is mixed with an equal weight oftoluene and added to an excess of water, then the hydrolyzate heated atreflux, washed free of acid, and distilled free of toluene, theresulting oily polymer contains the cyclic trimer [01c F one are FCHCHzMeSiO],

the cyclic tetramer [010 F 0 F10 F 0 F omomMesioh and higher linear andcyclic polymers of the same unit formula.

Example 3 When is reacted in the manner of Example 1 with the silaneslisted below, the corresponding reaction products listed below areobtained.

is reacted with an equimolar amount of PhMgCl in diethyl ether,

010 F 0 F20 F20 FCHQCHzSlMGyPh is obtained. I 1

Example 5 When an equimolar mixture of more F10 no.1 QHzOHgSlCl;

MeSiO PhSiO and PhMeSiO.

Example 6 When one mol of 010 F C FzC'F C FCHzCHzSillleCl;

is mixed with two mols of sodium ethylate or phenolate, thecorresponding diethoxy or diphenoxy derivatives are respectivelyobtained.

Example 7 When is hydrolyzed and the hydrolyzate condensed as'in Example2, the disiloxane [GIG F O FaC F20 F OHaCHflMehSihO is obtained.Cohydrolysis of the above silane with Me SiCl in the same mannerproduces endblocked polymers of the general formula QO(Me SiO) Q (aswell as the above disiloxane and polymers of MeSiO units) where Q is the010 F 0 F20 F F CH CH Me Si-group Likewise, when ClC F C F 0 F 0 F OH CHSiMeOh is cohydrolyzed with Me SiCI copolymers of vMe SiO and C101? CF20 F 0 F CH CHgMeSiO units are produced.

That which is claimed is: 1. An organosilane having the formula where Ris a monovalent hydrocarbon radical free of aliphatic unsaturation, Y isselected from the group consisting of Cl and Br atoms and OR radicalswhereR' is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and arylradicals, x is an integer of from 1 to 2 inclusive and y is an integerof from 0 to 3 inclusive.

2. An organosilane of the formula 3. 'Anorganosilane of theformula (010F cF,o no F omcfinsion 4. An organosilane of the formula (010 F 0 F F203QHQGHI) S1(CH|)201 5. An organosiloxane consisting essentially of unitsof (C10 F C FzCFzC F OHzOHz) (CH SiO 7. An organo siloxane of theformula [(010 F 0 F20 F t; F 011,011,) (011;)810],

8. An organosiloxane of the formula [(010 F 0 F10 F90 F 011,011,)(011981014 9. A copolymeric organosiloxane in which at least 0.1 molpercent of the polymeric units are of the formula where R is amonovalent hydrocarbon radical free of aliphatic unsaturation, x is aninteger of from 1 to 2 inclusive, z is an integer of from 0 to 2inclusive and the sum of x and z is not greater than 3, any remainingpolymeric units consisting essentially of units of the formula where Ris selected from the group consisting of monovalen-t hydrocarbonradicals and chlorinated and brominated derivatives thereof, and n is aninteger of from 1 to 3 inclusive.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,596,967 Frost May 20, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS 7 60,201 Great Britain Dec.6, 1954 D STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Paten N2,911,428 November" 3, 1959 Paul Tar-rant It is hereby certified thaterror appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patentrequiring correction and. that the said Letters Patent should read aseorz'ected below.

Column 3, Example 3, in the table, second column thereof, the thirdproduct should read as shown below instead of as in the patent:

ClCFCF2CF2YFCH2CH2SiPhCl2 same column 3, lines '74 and '75, Example 4,the formula should read as shown below instead of as in the patent:

. Signed and sealed this 26th day of April 1960o (SEAL) Attest:

KARL H.a AXLINE ROBERT 0 WATSON Attesting Officer Commissioner ofPatents

1. AN ORGANOSILANE HAVING THE FORMULA
 5. AN ORGANOSILOXANE CONSISTINGESSENTIALLY OF UNITS OF THE FORMULA